Brake for vehicles.



No. 693,776. I Patented Feb. la, |902.

. H. ne BEBLY e. E. a. RAsslmEn. BRAKE FR VEHICLES.

(Appliction led Nov. 1, 1901.) No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l,

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No. 693,776. Patented Feb. I8, |902.

G. H. DE BERLY & E. G. RASSINIER.

BRAKE FOR VEHICLES.

(Application led Nov. 1, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No M odel.)

METTTE STATES PATENT Ormes.

GASTON IIENRY DE BERLY AND EUGENE GEORGES RASSINIER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

BRAKE FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,776, dated February 18, 1902.

Application filed November l, 1901. Serial No. 80,801. (No model.)

.To att whom, it may concern.- will revolve at this moment at thelsame time Be it known that we, GASTON HENRY DE as the latter, and according as the drag on BERLY, gentleman, of 47 Rue de Lisbonne, the leverincreases the grip ofthe rollers upon and EUGENE GEORGES RAssINIER,locksmith, the sleeve will also increase progressively 55 5 of It Rue Damrmont, Paris, in the Republic until the vehicle is brought to rest, and that of France, have invented Improvements in no matter in which direction the wheel is reor Connected with Brakes for Velocipedes and volving. Motor-Driven and other Vehicles, of which In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the le the following is a full, clear, and exact dever c, as well as the rollers d, is arranged 6o 1o scription. horizontally. The rollers d in consequence This invention refers to brakes applicable of the drag exercised upon the lever c, which for use with Velocipedes and motordriven carries them, act upon a plate h, fixed upon and other vehicles. the hub ct of the wheel in any convenient Our invention is chiey characterized by manner. 65 i5 the combination of a sleeve or a plate car- It Will be readily understood from the foreried and fixed to the hub or the spokes ofthe going that the brake Will eectively act in wheel of the vehicle, which flange or plate is whichever direction the wheel may be revolvacted upon with braking effect by two rolling and also that when the brake-leveris not ers carried upon a lever, which latter is pivacted upon and is in its normal position of 7o zo oted to the axle or other part of the vehicle. inaction the rollers are not in contact with By the operation of this lever a progressive the sleeve or plate, and the Wheel is consegrip is obtained upon the inside or outside of quently free. the sleeve or upon both sides of the plate. It is to be understood that the actuating- In order that our invention may be readily lever c may be operated in any convenient 75 25 understood, we have shown inthe accompanymanner and either directly or through suiting drawings examples of construction of able connections. brakes according to our present invention. Such being the general construction and ar- In the drawings, Figure l shows in elevarangement of our improved brake, itis obvition an example of our brake where the lever ous that the mere form, details, and mate- 8o 3o and rollers are arranged vertically, so as to rials employed in the construction may be act both upon the internal and external pevaried as called for by circumstances or reripheries ot' the sleeve. Eig. 2 is an end elequirements without departing from our invation ofthe same construction. Fig. 3 shows vention. an elevation of our improved brake arranged We claim- 85 3 5 with a plate, upon the faces of which the rolll. In brakes for velocipedes, motor-driven, ers act. In this case the rollers, as Well as the and other vehicles, the combination of a lever which carries them, are fitted horizonsleeve or plate carried by the hub or spokes tally. of the wheel of the vehicle, a lever pivoted Similar letters of reference refer to like from the axle or other part of the vehicle and 9o 4o parts in the several figures of the drawings. carrying two rollers to act upon the sleeve As shown in Figs. l and 2, upon the hub ct or plate, by the operation of the lever, and of the wheel is fixed in any convenient manadapted to obviate friction, to obtain a proner a sleeve f). In this example the lever c, gressive grip, and thus effect the complete carrying the rollers CZ, is jointed upon a stoppage of the vehicle, substantially as and 9 5 45 forked support e, fixed upon the axletree f. for the purposes described with reference to One of these rollers CZ is arranged inside the the accompanying drawings. sleeve b, while the other roller d is arranged 2. The combination with a wheel of a veoutside the said sleeve. It will thus be unhicle, of a circular member mounted to turn derstood that if the lever c is operated either with the wheel, brake-shoes arranged at the Ico 5o in one direction or the other the rollers d will inner and outer faces of said member, and a be brought into contact with the sleeve and lever pivotcd to a fixed part of the vehicle its pivot to apply the rollers to the inner and outer faces of said member.

' The foregoing specification of our improvements in or connected with brakes for Veloei- 15 pedes and motor-driven and other Vehicles signed by us this 17th day of October, 1901.

GAS'IZON HENRY DE BERLY. [L. 5.] EUGENE GEORGES RASSINIER. LL. s]

Witnesses:

J. ALLIsoN BOWEN, MAURICE H. PIGUET. 

